Re: Upgrade paths

[Vern Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 05:48 PM 11/13/97 -0600, bstedman wrote:
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>
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>IBM's recommended path for a 510 is to a 620.  The "S" designation means
>SERVER model, which means it is optimized for just about everything other
>than interactive.  But with the new models, the impact of running the few
>interactive users does NOT affect the "server users".  They play in totally
>separate machine spaces.
>
>I can't think of where you can find this info.  When I was an SE with IBM,
>it took a lot of digging before I found someone to explain what the
>differences are between the "server"  and "series" models.

There's an info APAR (II09200) that covers this matter. It came out shortly
after we had a really bad time using a 50S for both batch and
development—with IBM saying it'd work! That was around Sept 1996.

Cheers

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55401
(612) 371-1111 x480


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